Keith P. West, Jr.

­Effect of Antenatal Micronutrient Supplementation on the Plasma Proteome in School Aged Children in Nepal

Sun Eun Lee, Keith P. West, Jr., Robert N Cole, Ingo Ruczinski, Kerry Schulze, Lee Wu, James D. Yager, John Groopman & Parul Christian · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Antenatal micronutrient interventions may influence maternal and offspring health in chronically undernourished settings; however, molecular mechanisms remain largely unexplored. We examined effects of multiple combinations of antenatal micronutrients as supplements o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21249

Impact of Provitamin a Biofortified Maize Flour Consumption on Dark Adaptation in Zambian Children

Amanda Palmer, Alain Labrique, Katherine Healy, Maxwell Barffour, Ward Siamusantu, Justin Chileshe & Keith P. West, Jr. · European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety · 2015

Objectives: Approximately one third of children in developing countries are deficient in vitamin A (VA). Of these, 5.2 million are affected by night blindness—a severe impairment in dark adaptation. ProVA biofortified “orange” maize has been introduced in Africa as a potential in...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/EJNFS/2015/21269